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07/12/2010

Porn for the Imaginative

I'd like to talk to you today about my absolute favourite kind of porn: the written word.

Now I don't mean the kind of romance novel you buy at the grocery store (although those count among my mother's, aunt's and grandmother's favourites), I like to read fanfiction and erotica. Sometimes, the two intertwine in a very pleasing way indeed.

Now, erotica, sure that makes sense, but fanfiction? Surely the clever mistress of this blog can't possibly get her jollies on livejournal reading about elves and hobbits doing it together, right? Wrong. Especially that bit about the elves and hobbits. Dude, Legolas/Aragon and Sam/Frodo forever, c'mon! *coughs* Anyway, I think my slash fan is showing. Because that's the kind of fanfic I like, slash and femmeslash. Give me a good Harry/Draco or Hermoine/Luna from the Harry Potter fandom. Maybe a nice Jack/Ianto or Rose/Tosh in the Whoiverse. Or a good Sam/Dean story from the Supernatural fandom. I hear the shocked gasps, the incest post is coming later this week, I promise. Chillax.

Now, the reason I really love (femme)slash fiction is because (Jack/Ianto and Queer as Folk beautifully excluded) for the most part it WILL NEVER HAPPEN ON-SCREEN. Likewise in the Real Person Slash (RPS) category. I personally think actors Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki (J2) making out would be really super hot! However, it won't happen in real life (I think). But that's okay. I've got fantastically written stories (and how are some of these people not published? Some of them are just as good and more prolific than Stephen King) and a good imagination, so I can fill in the...blanks (oh, so tempted to make a dirty joke, but I've digressed enough in this post) myself. Reading is one of my favourite things to do anyway and honestly, sometimes the story is so unbelievably good (ones by livejournal writers teachwriteslash, thrace_adams (Torchwood), ash_carpenter and rockstarpeach (Supernatural) and nightporters and redsirenfiction (J2) come to mind) that the sex is just another beautifully crafted scene. And the writers I've mentioned beautifully craft some of the sexiest scenes I've ever read in a long history of reading sex scenes. Check them out, I'll even provide the tissues and bucket of cold water you'll need. And you will.